#WBCSevent

Build relationships with women-owned businesses and supplier diversity advocates at this come-and-go, open networking event. Enjoy happy hour from 6:00 - 7:30pm, with the option to stay after and take advantage of discounted admission to the Dallas Theater Center's production of Real Women Have Curves at 7:30pm.

On April 10th, over 350 WBEs, Sustaining (Corporate) Members, and industry leaders came together for a day of networking and connections at the inaugural 2019 Connections to Contracts event!

Have you made a connection with another member at a Women's Business Council - Southwest Event? We want to hear about it AND give you the chance to win an admission to Connections to Contracts on April 10th.

Yesterday we looked at the process for creating a compelling pitch. Writing it out is the first step, but once you have it ready to go, what’s next?

This week we are bringing you behind-the-scenes on both sides of the pitch! We sat down with Robin Pulford, Former Supplier Diversity Manager at American Airlines, and Tiffany Ricks, CEO of Hacware (and experienced pitcher), to narrow down the formula for the perfect pitch.

If you are looking to do business with our Corporate (Sustaining) Members, the roundtable sessions are the perfect opportunity for you to connect with Supplier Diversity professionals.

The 2019 Parade of Stars Awards Gala is approaching soon and we are excited for the opportunity to recognize our nominees! Today we are taking a look at the WBE Advocate of the Year Award.

In today’s competitive market winning new business is harder than ever before. That’s why you cannot just be good at pitching new business; you have to be great. We would like to thank Spaeth and DFW International Airport for their support at the Prep Session for Power to Potential. WBEs were able to practice pitches, ask questions, and gain some great insight. DFW Airport and Spaeth also provided presentation techniques and tips on how to write an effective capabilities statement. Together we succeeded in ensuring WBEs are prepared to communicate and pitch ideas, services, and products.

The Women's Business Council- Southwest hosted another successful Austin Insights event at the Canyon View Events Center . 100 women business owners and Sustaining (Corporate) members came together to network and hear a keynote speech by Mojdeh Gharbi, Vice President of Marketing & Operations at Certain Affinity . Gharbi's keynote speech focused on how her unique career path led her to become the Vice President of Austin's largest indie video game company which now has over a billion dollars in sales. She went into detail about how she worked both hard and smart, built a great team, and took

Power Pitch MVP: Mixed Media Creations So you received the MVP Power Pitch award! How does it feel? To say it feels “awesome” is an understatement. The second I found out I ran over to tell our owner, Susie Carter, and nearly tripped doing so because I was so excited (coordination is not one of my strong points). There may have been some bouncing up and down involved, but unless you can get that security camera footage, then I’m going to deny it. Seriously though, I feel very honored to be an MVP. While we were not able to hear other people’s presentations I was able to speak with several